I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

I stand by my work on behalf of the citizens of Spokane to further justice and promote civilian oversight of law enforcement.

Overall, my life has been one of survival and the decisions that I have made along the way, including my identification, have been to survive.

It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying, i could have a long conversation, an academic conversation about that. I don't know. I just feel like I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody.

It's not something that I can put on and take off anymore, like I said, I've had my years of confusion and wondering who I really (was) and why and how do I live my life and make sense of it all, but I'm not confused about that any longer. I think the world might be -- but I'm not.

It is with complete allegiance to the cause of racial and social justice and the NAACP that I step aside from the Presidency and pass the baton to my Vice President, Naima Quarles-Burnley.

I have a huge issue with blackface.